Shipping container



March 29, 1932. (5` TILDE'N 1,851,297

SHIPPING'CONTAINER Filed Feb. 24, 1930 Ames loma M ym afgang/' I"l-artented 'Marg '29," i

SHIPHNG 1 conrnmnn 1' Application mea February 241l`3o.''fs'eiffiijN'pl2139505.V` i

n p The object offthis invention is to provide i an improved shippingcontainer arranged to have an address card reversibly mounted thereon sothat when the container is shipped it may be returned yto the sender byreversing` n i the address card. Y

Y A further objectlof the invention is to p ro#v vide a simple andecient means fork holding the reversible address Cardin place onthejivcutside ofthe container.v e y f l More specifically myinventionrelates tor a means Wherebythe reversible addresscard Y is held in placeby strapswhich also serve to hold the cover Yin placeon the container.V

i With these and'other objects in,vieW,iny

` linvention consists in the construction, ar-

rangement and combinations of the'various parts of my device, wherebythe ,objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more 23 fully setforth, pointed out in my claims,and

illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in

Which Y igurel is a perspective vievvfillustrating y 'the preferredformv ofmy invention. i Figure 2 is a sectional view` in perspectiveillustrating particularly one means for em'- n ployinga strap to holdthe reversible address card'in places? 1' Y Figure 3 is aperspective-*view of ya shipnu container'embod vin a modied fornir ofmeans yfor holdingthe address Card.y

Figures 4 and 'are opposite facevievvs Y of the reversible address cardemployed inl the structure illustrated Vin Figures l and 2.

v In thetaccompanyng dra-Wings have ernf ployed the reference numerallOto designate j r a box or container havinga flanged. cover r `rmember12' engaging. the saine in telescopic relation. The container 10 and itscoverf12 3- may bel formed "ofcardboard, fibre board or f other suitablematerial 'embodying ystrenggth 5 and lightness-aofzvveight. Y

A *plurality jof straps, in this instanceftwo y y `Vin number anddesignated bythe numerals 14 and 16, are employed primarilyfor hold'-ingthe covery 12 in place on vthe v'container 10. According to the formillustratedy in Fig ures land 2', a pocket 18-is mounted inlany Suitablelocationonv theishipping container.

` may ylo I Y Y Y, lmoval inasmuch assaid straps are ordinarily As hereshown the pocket is located adjacent one of the longer.niarg'gins of thecover 121i` i The pocket 18 maybe composed of a rectan` guiar vstrip orframework of fibre board or other. suitable materiallixed'at, three ofits margins'by means'o'f rivets'20' or lother 's'uit-V 55 ablemeanstoth'e container; The fourth side o of; the packet not; attached"in any manner y,but open Afor thefreinoval and replacement' oftlieii'eversible addresscard 22.` vThe face ,o

.oftlrepo'olet maybe leftepen orinay ibe' covered -Witli ysuitabletransparent vmaterial 'Wlierebyii'idicia 'carried bythe addressfcardWilljbe readily discernible; t The; addressjcard .ferinedof'cardboarddibre board or tliel-'i and ity-may bearon' one facejapermanent address 2a and return' 26, and oir the othei'f4 facea-notherYpermane'nt address 28and return 30, asindicated'respectivelylinlf iFiguresl'and 5.' Each side ofthe address card 22 may also heprovidedwith' ai blank space suchk as 32 for receiving postagestamps.

This v-arrangenent inalr'esit'iconvenie'nt to employlthe container :formakii'igv 'shipments Y suceessilvei'yfbetween two-different peintsby isimply reversing the yaddress Card ,alteachfi' Y endofthe route Yandprovidingfit `ivit'lfi unil' used postagestamps. f

` ,"'Tlreaddrjess card 22 lits snugly'fWithinthey pf'relretlS andv isremovable and repl'acealoley through 'the `ropen side thereof, f whichside `is A() conveniently lo'c ate d acent' `one ymargin t of thecontainer `'oii'its cover as 'shown'. Y For c oi`iveni'eifice inremoving-the card, fit Amay" bek 13fov'idedA fits innermost .inarginYwith: a Y, i lingersnotch 34 which"projeetsfbeyond the v8'5 y' Toprevent accidentalffremoval`of the fadi Y Yand its covermeinber, are putin such posi`l n tion that/they-overlieiythe pocketand card. f

Inthis-Way, the strapsserve the additionaly `functionof preventingaccidental removal@ ofthe card andi'insurethat it WillV remain 95"thereinffduring shipment, The card cannotfV readilyf be removedgandreplaced luntil the strapslki and 16j have been loosened for re-` drawnquitevtightly to hold the cover kl2 in;

place. In the modified form shown in Figure 3V the pocket is notemployed, but the stra s 14 and 16 are used as the sole means `forliolding the address card in place.

'6 According to this const-ruction the address card 36 is formed nearone end Withrspaced slots 38 through which the strap 14 is threaded andnear the other end with spaced slots 40 through which the strap 16 isthreaded. When the card 36 is mounted in this manner on the straps 14and 16 and ,the straps are placed in position about the container andits cover member, the address card is effectively held in the desiredposi.

15 tion and cannot be removed when the straps are fast. In this formitis, of course, necessary, in reversing the'address card, to entirelyremover it from the straps and rethread the straps in such manner thatthe other face of the card will be disclosed. y,

It willr be noted that according to both forms the straps 14 and 16 areemployed not only for holding the cover member 12 on the container forenclosing the container for shipment, but also employed for holding thereversible address card in the yproper selected position relative to thecontainer.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts of 3 my device, Without departing from the real y spirit andpurpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims,any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, whichmay be reasonably included Within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1.In a shipping container, a box and a cover therefor, flexible strapsfor holding the cover in place, an address card, strips 40,fastened tothe container for engaging marins of said card, said flexible straps,when 1n position for holding said cover, also vbeing positioned toengage and prevent removal ofY the address card relative to the stripsof the container- K 2. In a shipping container, a box and a covertherefor, flexible straps for holding the cover in place, a reversibleaddress card, a pocket carried by the ,container formed with an openside for removal and replacement of said address card, said straps alsooverlying the open side of saidpocket to prevent accidental removalof'said card Des Moines, Iowa, August 27, 1929.`

5 s GALEN TILDEN.

